Drapery heading support



1386- 1964 M. A. GUARIN] DRAPERY HEADING SUPPORT INVENTOR. MMaefAzzgefio Guard?! BY WM W PPMW/ ATTORNEY Filed March 15, 1962 United States Patent 3,158S14 DRAPERY HEADING SUPPGZQT Michael Angelo Guarini, 9 Watchung Ave, West Orange, NJ. Filed Mar. 15, 1%2, Ser. No. 179,965 6 Saints. (Cl. 24-86) My invention relates generally to drapery heading supports and specifically to devices for attaching the heading of a drapery to a traverse rod.

It is among the objects of my invention to provide a support for an attachment to the heading of a drapery that will distribute the weight over a considerable area of the support so as to avoid excessive strain on a small area of the drapery heading.

It is yet another object of my invention to provide a drapery heading support which will maintain the drapery heading in a stretched or taut condition so as to present a smooth and unwrinkled appearance.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a drapery heading support which will cooperate with a carrier on a traverse rod so as to present the visible portion of the drapery in a neat and pleasing manner.

Another object of my invention is to provide a drapery heading support which is adjustable as to its horizontal width, so that the piercing elements thereof may be made to conform to, or be positioned coincidentally with certain areas of the drapery heading which are best calculated to bear the strain or stress of suspending the length of the drapery material extending below the heading.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a drapery headhig support which has piercing elements that can be laterally displaced so as to permit penetration of the drapery material, and then may be deformed so as to engage the drapery heading support.

7 Yet another object of my invention is to provide a drapery heading support which has a plurality of attachment positions for a drapery pin so that the vertical height of the drapery may be adjusted to accomplish the degree of clearance desired for the bottom of the drapery, and likewise to adjust the degree of clearance desired for the heading from the adjacent structure of the window to which the drapery may be applied.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a drapery heading support which is adapted to engage with several attachment portions of a master drapery carrier whereby more rigid support for the drapery is achieved.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a hook for a drapery heading support which is engageaole with the drapery heading support at various positions.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a drapery heading support which has deformable piercing members for engaging drapery fabrics and affirmatively holding them to the drapery heading support.

It is among the further objects of my invention to provide a drapery heading support which is simple in form, easy to use, relatively inexpensive to make, and durable.

These objects and advantages as well as other objects and advantages may be attained by the devices shown by way of illustration in the drawings in which FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of one form of a drapery heading support;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion thereof;

FIGURE 3 is a front view of another form of a drapery heading support;

FIGURE 4 is a side elevational view of the device shown in FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is a rear view of the drapery heading support shown in FIGURE 3 applied to a drapery heading and showing the adjustable drapery hooks engaged therewith; and

3,158,914 Patented Dec. 1, 1964 FIGURE 6 is a view in perspective of a crimp-on drapery hook before being applied to the drapery heading support shown in FIGURE 3.

When draperies are ordinarily attached to a master carrier on a traverse rod, individual drapery pins are most frequently used to secure the drapery to the master carrier. This frequently results in an uneven unaesthetic appearance of the drapery, which shows unsightly wrinkles. Since the end of the drapery may have a hem, or even be weighted in order to insure a proper drape, the excessive weight of this portion of the drapery causes a deformity of the fabric as it hangs. The present invention is a drapery heading support designed specifically to hold the end of a drapery heading at the point where it is secured to the master carrier of the traverse rod; the drapery heading will at that point be held in a neat and orderly fashion and strongly supported.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, my drapery eading support is a generally rectangular frame 11 of a height suficient to span the heading of a drapery 12. In the form of the inveniton shown in FIGURE 1, the drapery heading support is adjustable in width and is made in two parts 13, 14. Each of the parts 13, 14 is provided with a top and bottom horizontal bar 15, 16. The top and bottom horizontal bars 15, 16 are connected together by a vertical bar 17. The vertical bars 17, 17 are provided with struck-out loops 18, 18, etc. arranged in staggered vertical rows so that one struck-out loop 18 will not interfere with the insertion of a drapery pin in the next above struck-out loop 18. The parts 13, 14 of the frame 11 are each provided with a series of holes 19, 19 in the bottom bars 16, 16 and in the top bars 15, 15. The screws 21, 21 are insertable in the holes 19, 19 of the part 13 and engageable with the corresponding holes 19, 19 of the part 14 so as to permit latitudinal elongation of the drapery holder 11. Each of the parts 13, 14 are provided with upstanding spikes or piercing elements 22. These spikes 22, 22 each normally and resiliently seat themselves in the slot 23, 23 in one of the top bars 15, 15. The spikes 22, 22, being resilient, may be moved out of the slots 23, 23 and be caused to penetrate the drapery material 12 and emerge from it and then be resiliently reseated in the slots 23, 23.

The struck-out loops, 18, 18 will receive a hook or drapery pin 24, inserted at a chosen appropriate level whereby the drapery heading support can be attached to a master carrier and the drapery is suspended therefrom. It is noted that the struck-out portions 18 permit the drapery pin 24 to pivot from side to side so that the drapery heading support may be adaptable to the various designs and sizes of master carriers on traverse rods.

Since the spikes 22, 22 are resiliently deformable, it is preferred that the drapery heading support 11 be made of metal so that the spikes 22 will be resiliently deformable and will normally reseat themselves in the slots 23. It is, however, noted that other material, such as a plastic, can be used for forming a drapery heading support.

Another form or" the invention is shown by way of illustration of the invention in FIGURES 3, 4, 5, and 6. In this form, the drapery heading support is not latitudinally adjustable but is of a single constant width. This drapery heading support 25 is generaily rectangular in form, having a top bar 25 and a U-shaped bottom bar 27. The upstanding legs 28, 28 of the bottom bar are pointed at their top end and constitute spikes for the penetration of drapery fabric. Since the U-shaped bottom bar 27 is made of metal which is resilient and deformable, the spikes 23, 23 will normally seat themselves in a concavity 29 in the end of the top bar 26 and may be resiliently deformed away from the top bar 26 so as to be free to penetrate a drapery fabric 12. The top bar Q Q 26 andthe U-shaped bottom bar 27 are connected together by a pair of cross-members 3t 34 The cross members or connectors 30,349 are provided with a pluralityof spaced dimples or. enlargements 31, 31. A special drapery pin, preferably of non-resilient metal is provided for engagement with the vertical cross-members 3t), 30. This drapery pin 32 has a generally tubular enlargement with. a plurality of opposed. jaws 33, 33. These jaws may be made to'embrace a cross member 30 f and the jaws are deformed permanently and crimped to embrace the cross members 30 with the space in between the' jaws 33, 33, in pairs receiving the enlargements 'ordimples 31, 31. In this mannen'the height of the drapery hook 32 may be adjusted and the drapery hook 32 secured at the chosen appropriate level for the length of the drapery and the size of the heading.

7 In the event that readjustment is required, the drapery a hook 32 may be deformed so as to disengage it from the dimples.3 1, 31 and'it may be adjusted to another chosen level. When applying this form of the invention to a drapery fabric, the spikes 28, 23 are unseated from the concavities 29, 29 and penetrate the drapery heading untilthey emerge from the drapery heading at'or near the'top. They will resiliently reseat themselves in the concavities 29, 29. The drapery hook 32 may then'be crimped in place at the appropriate level and the arm 34 .'.may be engaged the master carrier of the traverse rod. p 7 It will be seen that thesedrapery heading supports 'supply'support to a broad latitudinal area of the drapery fabricso that the weight of the drapery is distributed over the bearing surfaces of the supports, and no deformation or pulling of any particular area is'evident when viewing the draperiesg The foregoing description is merely intended to illustime an embodiment of the invention. The component parts have been shown and described. They each may have substitutes which may perform a substantially similar function; such substitutes may be known as proper substitutes for the said components and may have actually btfiILkl'lOWn or invented before the present invention; these substitutes are contemplated as being within the scope of the appended claims, although they are not 7 specifically catalogued herein. 7 7

(d) a resilient spike oneach end of the bottom bar.

plurality of positions to define a rigid, straight member, a

(c) a pair of bottom bars spaced apart from the top bars overlapping at their inner ends,

(41) means for attaching the bottom bars together in V a plurality of positions to define a rigid, straight member,

(e) a connecting bar rigidly joining each top bar. to the opposed bottom bar intermediate the ends of said top and bottom bars to define on each top'bar, a free end, the connecting bars being spaced apart from each other,

(f) the top and bottonrbars being generally parallel, (g) a resilient spike on the outer end of each bottom bar extending upwardly to and engageable with the outer end of the opposed top bar, and

(h) hanger means attached to the connecting bars.

4. A drapery heading support comprising:

(a) the structure in accordance with claim 3 in wldch (b) the top and bottom bars, the connecting bars and the spikes when engaged to the respective top bars lie generally in the same plane.

5. A drapery heading support comprising:

(a) the structure in accordance with claim 1, in which (b) 'each spike is resistant to deformation'in a direction inward from each end of the top bar.

6. A drapery heading support comprising:

(a) the structure in accordance with claim 3, inwhich (12) each spike is resistant to deformation in a direction toward the inner end of the engageable.

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Petzal Apr. 11, 1961 

1. A DRAPERY HEADING SUPPORT COMPRISING: (A) A TOP BAR, (B) A BOTTOM BAR GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE TOP BAR AND SPACED APART THEREFORM, (C) A PAIR OF SPACED APART CONNECTING BARS RIGIDLY JOINING THE TOP AND BOTTOM BARS TOGETHER INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM BARS, AND DEFINING A PAIR OF FREE ENDS ON THE TOP BAR, 